Kai Mai's Blog - Take Back the Web - Nodes for soccer

Kai puts U.S. women's soccer team in semis with 2-1 win over Canada

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 21:41:23 -0700

SHANGHAI, China (AP) -- Natasha Kai headed in an extra time goal Friday to give the defending champion United States a spot in the Olympic women's football semifinals after a 2-1 victory over Canada.

Goal!!!!!! Kai!

Tags: soccer olympics

Watching Olympics - Lots of Games, Niche Sports(Soccer, Badminton, Ping Pong) Can be Watched Online

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:05:40 -0700

I didn't realize that Beijing Olympics already started until I read the results from women's soccer.

NBC is putting many niche sports for live online viewing: archery, badminton, fencing, field hockey, judo, shooting, soccer, weightlifting, sailing, equestrian, rowing, handball, tennis, cycling, basketball, water polo, softball, wrestling, table tennis, canoeing, triathalon, baseball, hockey, taekwondo

I love the so-called niche sports: soccer, ping pong, badminton. I already watched some women's soccer games online. For soccer, there's no match highlight. It's just the full game without commentary. That doesn't make sense as most people don't have time to watch all the full games. We want highlight!

Tags: soccer tv nbc beijing_olympics niche sports online

Time to Vote for Goal of the Year at Fox Soccer Channel. My Vote Goes to Sebastian Larsson

Thu, 27 Dec 2007 21:08:43 -0800

It's the end of the year. Time to cast you vote for goal of the year.

I have to say that some of 5 candidate goals are not top 5 quality!

But no matter whose candidate goal they include, My vote goes to Sebastian Larsson's stunning goal at the 93rd minute help Birmingham City to defeat Tottenham on December 2nd, 2007.

Tags: soccer goal video sebastian_larsson fsc fox

Goals of the Week from Sebastian Larsson and David

Tue, 04 Dec 2007 21:47:49 -0800

Sebastian Larsson's stunning goal at the 93rd minute help Birmingham City to defeat Tottenham on December 2nd, 2007. This gotta be the finalist for the goal of the year.

David Bentley's great free kick against Newcastle on December 1, 2007

Tags: soccer goal video sebastian_larsson david_bentley

Soccer Action is Alive again! Watch Them on Dish Network!

Sun, 12 Aug 2007 13:24:28 -0700

This weekend marked the start of 2007-2008 English and Bundesliga soccer season.

I watched 3 EPL games on Fox Soccer Channel, and one match between Bayern Munich and Hansa Rostock on GolTV.

The goal by Gerrard of Liverpool against Aston Villa is a fantastic freekick at the closing minute of the game. I was hoping to show it here with Youtube. but "this video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by NetResult"(quoted from Youtube).

On the other hand, Bayern Munich's squad is really loaded. On paper, it has the best talents all around in Europe. That's why they crashed Hansa Rostock 3-0.

Tags: soccer dishnetwork tv epl bundesliga laliga

Here He Comes: Beckham will play for MLS' L.A. Galaxy in $250M deal

Thu, 11 Jan 2007 23:32:25 -0800

When I was driving to work this morning, I heard about the breaking news of Beckham coming to the U.S in KCBS, a news radio station in the Bay Area. See, even a news station knew this is a huge sporting news.

Things chanaged so quickly. Last night, Fox Soccer Wolrd Report mentioned that Beckham's spokeman came out to deny that negotiation with Real Madrid stalled, and Beckham intended to re-sign with Real Marid.

Beckham is said to make $250 million over 5 years. That's a lot of money: $50 million/year, 1 million/week. He will make more money than any other athlete int the world, including NBA, NFL players.

Tags: soccer davidbeckham mls

My Take on the 2006 World Cup

Tue, 06 Jun 2006 18:45:05 -0700

Just as the 2006 World Cup is just right around the corner (starts on Fri, June 9th), San Francisco Chronicle has the article BAY AREA FANS' TAKE ON THE WORLD today.

Here's my take:

Favorite teams: Brazil and Holland

Brazil is such a heavy favorite because of its firepower upfront. I love Samba Soccer.

Holland has been a champion that's without a champion (they twice came very close in winning the world cup and came up just short in 1974 and 1978) in my mind. They play beautiful attacking soccer no matter what.

Tags: 2006worldcup soccer ronaldinho